How many LinkedIn requests are you getting? LinkedIn reached 100 million users in March. It consistently grew in size and user value over the years, however now that everyone is piling on to the LinkedIn bandwagon, the value of LinkedIn personal connections and networks are decreasing at what seems like an accelerating pace. Until recently I looked at all of the LinkedIn invitations I received. It will make LinkedIn more valuable – to you, and to others.

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. In most cases, I will ask for a show of hands: How many of you have a LinkedIn Account? How many of you actively use LinkedIn? How many of you get really high value from LinkedIn? - Now down to 2-5% I am continually surprised by this result ( Getting Value from LinkedIn ). I can't remember how I could get things done without LinkedIn.

Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. « A MySpace for Grown-Ups Making Your LinkedIn Profile Public » Dr. Seuss LinkedIn Invitation If Dr. Seuss were alive today and a member of LinkedIn, I wonder what an invitation from him might have looked like.

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Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. When you sign up with jaxtr, you get a simple URL you can use on your LinkedIn profile. That’s probably not what LinkedIn had in mind, but I don’t see anything in the user agreement prohibiting it.

Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. Some people get caught in this because they don’t buy in to LinkedIn’s model of connecting only with people you know and they deliberately choose to push the boundaries. BUT, LinkedIn rarely admits to this.

Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. « LinkedIn Useful, But Requires Investment LinkedIn Blog to Feature User Case Studies » How to Avoid LinkedIn Account Restrictions It would be nice to think that if you just followed LinkedIn’s User Agreement , you’d never have any problems with account restrictions, but that’s not necessarily the case. BUT, LinkedIn rarely admits to this. MORE >>

Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. « Top 10 New LinkedIn Features 2007 Building Real Relationships Globally on LinkedIn » Warning: Job Scams on LinkedIn (Just Like Everywhere Else) I know that we’d all like to think that LinkedIn is populated with people who know and trust each other, but any time you make a vehicle for communicating with several million people for free, you’re bound to have a few bad apples. MORE >>

Is your LinkedIn account mostly sitting idle? Here are 33 ways to use LinkedIn more effectively. Publish your LinkedIn URL on all your marketing collateral, including business cards, email signature, email newsletters, web sites and brochures, so prospects learn more about you. Combine your social media approach: when someone asks a question in Twitter, respond in detail on LinkedIn and link to it from Twitter. What other ways do you use LinkedIn for business? MORE >>

Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. « Guy Kawasaki’s LinkedIn Profile Extreme Makeover Better Boilerplates » How to Politely Decline a LinkedIn Invitation Due to my visibility from this blog and my participation in the various LinkedIn Yahoo Groups (which exposes your e-mail address), I typically get at least 5-10 invitations to connect on LinkedIn every week from people I don’t know. MORE >>

Linked Intelligence The unofficial source for all things LinkedIn™. « Why Apply Different Rules of Connecting on LinkedIn? LinkedIn to Add Photos » 9 Ways to Get Linked Out on LinkedIn I talk a lot about how to make effective use of LinkedIn — today let’s look at some ways NOT to use LinkedIn. Regardless what LinkedIn recommends, nobody really uses it just to connect with people they know. Enjoy LinkedIn. MORE >>